Heli Fire (ヘリファイア) is an arcade game developed by Ikegami Tsushinki and Nintendo, and released in September 1980 by Nintendo. A Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom port was planned but was canceled for unknown reasons. Similar to the 1976 Midway title Sea Wolf, players control a submarine in which they must survive as long as possible against a barrage of enemy attacks from the sea and above. The submarine can move in eight directions and can d...
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Heli Fire (ヘリファイア) is an arcade game developed by Ikegami Tsushinki and Nintendo, and released in September 1980 by Nintendo. A Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom port was planned but was canceled for unknown reasons. Similar to the 1976 Midway title Sea Wolf, players control a submarine in which they must survive as long as possible against a barrage of enemy attacks from the sea and above. The submarine can move in eight directions and can defend itself with missiles. While ships and mines attack the submarine from the water, enemy helicopters, which come in four different colors that designate their speed, drop missiles and depth charges at the submarine from the air. Each level consists of three sets of ten helicopters (for a total of 30) which must be destroyed within a specified time limit, or else they start to attack in a "special assault pattern". After a certain number of helicopters are destroyed, the submarine resurfaces, and a native girl dances (called "dancers of the...
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